Maldives cabinet holds underwater [climate change] conference

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Source: Euro News & AP

The president of the Maldives and his 12 cabinet ministers have been holding a government meeting five metres underwater to highlight the threat of global warming.

Mohamed Nasheed signed a document calling for global cuts in carbon emissions ahead of a landmark UN climate change meeting in Copenhagen in December.

Seated around an underwater table at the bottom of a lagoon, the cabinet endorsed an SOS message from the Maldives which will be presented to world leaders at the climate change summit.

The archipeligo nation off the tip of India – renowned for its luxury tropical hideaways – is threatened by rising sea levels.

Most of the Maldives’ low-lying islands will be completely submereged by the end of the century if sea levels continue to rise at the present rate.

Video at the link...

Read more: http://www.euronews.net/2009/10/17/maldives-cabinet-holds-underwater-conference/

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Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed & Minister of Defense and National Security Ameen Faisal sign a document calling on all countries to cut down their carbon dioxide emissions ahead of a major U.N. climate change conference in December in Copenhagen.

Photos sourced from this AP article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g9qWZja0fjVbZd01NOmyuEQG1rqwD9BCO3E80">Maldives government dives for climate change

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1. how smart of them to do that

hoping their meetings are productive

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[shadowknows69]

2. Now that's the way to make a point.

Bravo.

[Odin2005]

3. That's brilliant!

:D

[struggle4progress]

4. Maldives holds world's first underwater Cabinet meeting (Xinhua)

2009-10-17 23:35:00 Print

COLOMBO, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, Vice President Mohamed Waheed and 11 cabinet ministers donned scuba gear and submerged four meters below the surface of sea to hold the world's first underwater cabinet meeting on Saturday, in a bid to push for a stronger climate change agreement in the upcoming UN climate summit in Copenhagen.

During the 30-minute meeting held in the turquoise lagoon off Girifushi Island, about 35 km northeast of the capital Male, Nasheed and his cabinet ministers signed a resolution calling for global cuts in carbon emissions, the President's Office of the Maldives said in a statement published on its official website.

Nasheed and the ministers used a water proof pencil to sign the declaration "SOS from the frontline" which was printed on a white plastic slate ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/17/content_12258060.htm

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5. Kewl. nt

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6. Wow! I love it! n/t

[Vidar]

7. Very a propos. Bravo!

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8. K & R n/t